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The Cretaceous Period: What was Earth like before dinosaurs went extinct?
The name Cretaceous comes from the Latin 'creta' which means chalk. It's named for the large quantities of chalk rock laid down at this time in Western Europe. The UK's famous White Cliffs of Dover ...
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When did dinosaurs live?
This is how most of the chalk we use today was first formed. So much so, that 'Cretaceous' comes from the Latin word for chalk, 'creta'. Do you have a burning question about science or nature you want ...
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Of all the geological periods, the Triassic was the most fabulous
If they had vanished, the Cretaceous would have a different name, since such shells are the main ingredient of chalk. Synapsids, of which mammals are the last representatives, came then as now in ...
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Little Hadham puddingstone rock is a rare find, expert says
He said the geology of the area showed rocks of the Paleogene age, 55 million years ago, overlying the chalk of Cretaceous age, 90 million years ago. It is thought puddingstone was formed in the ...